The current issue of Jewish Political Studies Review brings the reader a selection of articles and book reviews which deal with a wide range of topics and ideas. Samuel Miner, a doctoral student in Modern History at the University of Maryland, has examined Nazi designs to bomb Jewish cities in Palestine during World War II. Miner devotes attention to a subject that is not generally known and his original research is based primarily on archival sources. One of Miner’s findings was that the Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseini, made serious efforts to persuade Nazi Germany to bomb Jewish civilian population centers in Mandatory Palestine. Although Hermann Göring, Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, rejected this plan, it is remarkable that the Mufti had succeeded in placing it on the agenda. Gustavo Perednik, a close personal friend of the late State Prosecutor Alberto Nisman of Argentina, brings our readers up to date on this political murder committed two years ago and the efforts of various Argentinian governments to obstruct and compromise the investigation of this crime. Professor Elhanan Yakira contributes a detailed review article of a substantial collection of essays entitled Makers of Jewish Modernity. His probing analysis and conclusions cast light upon the bias of the editors and some of the contributors to this major work. Rather than publish Professor Yakira’s observations in the form of a book review, we have chosen the more suitable format of a review article. Professor Leslie Wagner revisits the subject of British Jewry and discusses the results of recent studies that indicate a revival of the community. The author notes the upsurge of cultural and religious activities and cogent responses to antisemitism as new signs of vitality and positive identification. Although the Security Council of the United Nations passed Resolution 2334 as recently as December 23, 2016, Professor Joseph Spoerl places it in historical perspective and describes several of the major issues of morality and legal substance that it entails, including the departure from long-standing American policy at the United Nations. To conclude, Joel Fishman has analyzed Himmler’s Forgotten Telegram of Balfour Day, 1943 and placed it historical context.

Joel Fishman

Dr. Joel Fishman is a fellow of the Jerusalem Center of Public Affairs. He served as the assistant editor of volumes X (July 1920-December 1921) and XI (January 1922-July 1923) of The Letters and Papers of Chaim Weizmann (Jerusalem: Israel Universities Press, 1977).